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TIL Octopi are the only conscious invertebrates and have cognitive thinking abilities, individual emotions and personalities, and even form relationships with humans.

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Z8NG TIL the Catholic Church owns a media company that publishes pornography and erotica
4kRkJ TIL of serial killer Lonnie Franklin who murdered over 25 people and was nicknamed the Grim Sleeper, because of a 14 year interval in his crimes from 1988 to 2002.
W7LMX TIL the Heinz factory in Wigan produces up to 3 million tins of baked beans a day
5V109 TIL about Cougar Annie, who "birthed 11 children, outlived four husbands and became known for allegedly shooting and killing about 70 cougars in her lifetime" after moving to the west coast of Vancouver Island.
ndyd TIL Before Becoming President, Franklin Roosevelt Was Rebuked By Congress For Overseeing the Creation of a Gay Teenage Prostitution Ring in the Navy. It didn’t hurt his Presidential Run Because Press Thought it Was Too Indecent to Report.